Conspiracy Theories / Wild Predictions

[David.]

http://cis.org/Welfare-Use-Immigrant-Native-Households

Edit: irrelevant link

 

[Rick Astley]

https://www.almasdarnews.com/articl...sive-near-military-base-targeted-us-missiles/

Capitalizing on the U.S. missile strikes, the Islamic State stormed the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) checkpoints near the strategic town of Al-Furqalas.

According to local sources, the Islamic State has yet to make any gains near Al-Fuqalas, but without necessary air support, the situation could worsen in the coming hours.

The Shayrat Military Airport is one of the Syrian Air Force’s most important installations in the fight against the Islamic State due to its proximity to the Palmyra and Deir Ezzor fronts.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Not the first time they ever did it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_2016_Deir_ez-Zor_air_raid


Man, I thought April Fools' was over!

 

[AZ_]

What would you do in this situation? Why don't you share your opinion instead of just blindly criticizing Trump.

I would have preferred a diplomatic strategy to remove Assad set over 8-16 years.

Instead of saying Syria is not a priority and saying you won't intervene in trying to oust Assad, only to wake the fuck up and 180 once someone tells you how bad it is over there.

 

[A Squared]

Apparently this is a political thread now. It was fun while it lasted.

 

[Huber.]

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Too soon to say the US perpetrated the chemical weapons release to get into a war?

This has a false flag all over it.

People cleaning up sarin and helping those exposed without any protective gear on other than a gas mask. And why would Assad use chemical agents on his own people and cause the US to retaliate when he was winning the Civil War?

 

[AZ_]

People cleaning up sarin and helping those exposed without any protective gear on other than a gas mask.

If there is one thing I know about Syria, it's the advanced medical technology they're using to help treat victims of this war.

 

[Huber.]

If there is one thing I know about Syria, it's the advanced medical technology they're using to help treat victims of this war.

You ignored the second statement. Things don't add up.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

This has a false flag all over it.

People cleaning up sarin and helping those exposed without any protective gear on other than a gas mask. And why would Assad use chemical agents on his own people and cause the US to retaliate when he was winning the Civil War?

Precisely because he was winning. The fight could still drag on for a long time, and this may have been an effort to shock those still fighting, and to give up.

He may very well have thought we wouldn't retaliate. We didn't before, right?

 

[AZ_]

You ignored the second statement. Things don't add up.

You're correct, I didn't comment on your bulletproof logic that a dictatorial ruler who gassed his own people stopped to consider the ramifications which would follow.

 

[Huber.]

Precisely because he was winning. The fight could still drag on for a long time, and this may have been an effort to shock those still fighting, and to give up.

He may very well have thought we wouldn't retaliate. We didn't before, right?

Different president right?

You're correct, I didn't comment on your bulletproof logic that a dictatorial ruler who gassed his own people stopped to consider the ramifications which would follow.

At least you don't get to say Trump is Puttin's puppet anymore. April 2017: Bombs fly, liberal memes die.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Different president right?

Right. And now Assad and everyone else knows that the U.S. will respond quickly and unilaterally to provocations.

Testing a new President to see how he'll react is not uncommon. Heck, this may even have been testing-by-proxy planned by Putin. Again, imagine if we'd done nothing. What would that say about any threats/pressure we tried to apply in other situations? And maybe the next "test" would have been something directed at Americans.

 

[AZ_]

At least you don't get to say Trump is Puttin's puppet anymore. April 2017: Bombs fly, liberal memes die.

Why, is Assad out of power or something?

Wake me when there is actual movement, not just a symbolic bombing of an airfield for using chemical weapons.

He's not smart or strong enough to take on Russia and oust Assad.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Why, is Assad out of power or something?

No, but this attack and the aftermath is embarrassing for Putin. His proxy just lost 20 planes, and he really can't do much about it.

He's not smart or strong enough to take on Russia and oust Assad.

That assumes it is smart to take on Russia and oust Assad in the first place. I don't think that's true.

Chemical weapons are a red line, and I'm not poking fun at Obama for saying that. We can take the position that we're not going to fight in that civil war, but will nevertheless act if someone crosses that particular line. Things may get very squirrely with Iran and NK in the next few years, and diplomacy tends to be more effective if the other side believes that the use of force is truly on the table.

 

[Huber.]

Why, is Assad out of power or something?

Wake me when there is actual movement, not just a symbolic bombing of an airfield for using chemical weapons.

He's not smart or strong enough to take on Russia and oust Assad.

Trump just bombed Puttin's ally and Russia is mad about it. Yep, Trump and Puttin are besties. It's time to end the investigation. Waste of time and resources.

 

[AZ_]

Trump just bombed Puttin's ally and Russia is mad about it. Yep, Trump and Puttin are besties. It's time to end the investigation. Waste of time and resources.